Jean Silva opened an enormous reduce over Drew Dober’s proper eye to drive a physician stoppage the final time he entered the UFC cage, and he vows to provide much more harm going ahead.
“Lord” battles Melsik Baghdasaryan in his return to featherweight at Saturday’s UFC Seattle occasion and mentioned he’s a singular kind of fighter in contrast to people who preceded him within the historical past of the game.
“Melsik talks an excessive amount of. It’s going to be good to beat him up. Very nice,” Silva informed MMA Preventing. “I’m certain the UFC is taking a look at me like… There’s a villain, ‘Poatan’ [Alex Pereira]. There was a loudmouth that backed it up, Conor [McGregor]. There was the king of the entire thing, [Jose] Aldo. There was the artist, Anderson Silva. There was Wanderlei Silva, a badass.
“There have been loads of those that had nice accomplishments within the UFC that nobody else did, however there wasn’t a man that simply scared everyone, you already know? Somebody that the UFC is aware of will probably be an issue when he fights as a result of they must reconstruct faces. They must decide up the items after the battle to get them again in place. I’m displaying everyone I’ll disfigure everyone’s faces. I’ll harm them. I’m that man, you already know? Those who battle me don’t concern the battle, they concern how they’ll take care of the battle.”
Baghdasaryan is 8-2 as an expert fighter going into UFC Seattle, however Silva disputes that.
“He’s already 8-3 the second he signed the contract,” Silva mentioned. “He already misplaced to me, however he hasn’t seen that but. On the twenty second, he’ll stroll in there and notice the No. 3 was already there. He’s good, he’s very skilled in kickboxing, so I see it as a simple battle. Not saying prefer it’s going to be simple to go there and beat the man. Not like that. However my stage in MMA is totally different. My recreation is extra balanced than his. There are not any feelings in Lord’s recreation. The distinction is that if Lord can harm you, he’ll harm you dangerous. It’s not good to be harm by the Lord.”
“I feel that each battle is a much bigger message to the division,” he continued. “I’ll ship one other message to the division. Relax, higher days will come for some, and worst days will come for others. Sadly, the twenty second will probably be a foul day for Melsik. I do not know why he agreed to this battle. I don’t know the way the negotiation was with the UFC, however I don’t suppose he had many choices.”
Silva missed weight previous to his win over Charles Jourdain in June 2024, which is why he competed at light-weight months later. Again to his unique weight class and with weight on level for UFC Seattle, Silva is open to different journeys to light-weight sooner or later for enjoyable matchups like Rafael Fiziev, however his focus is on the duty forward for now.
“In my very own weight class I’ll beat everyone up, sorry,” Silva mentioned. “I do know many individuals on the market are ready for the day Jean stumbles to allow them to say, ‘He wasn’t all that,’ however I’m sorry to tell you all that I’m not the one which fights, there’s another person in there, and it’s going to be onerous to beat. I can solely lose to myself.”
Silva is just not the kind of fighter to name out names after wins however is aware of it’s how the sport is performed within the UFC. That mentioned, he’d a lot relatively keep energetic and drop our bodies on the bottom to checks and wins.
“If I’m on the lookout for somebody to disfigure, somebody I feel deserves a beatdown to relax, it will most likely be Bryce Mitchell,” Silva mentioned. “I feel everyone desires to see that. Individuals are tweeting that, ‘Put him towards Jean.’ However I don’t wish to ask. I’ll beat some folks and everyone else gained’t need to battle me. It’s like an extended line for a job alternative that no one desires. Individuals begin to depart the road however ultimately somebody gained’t have the ability to depart.
“I don’t have a reputation. In my weight class, if I needed to decide title to battle, fascinated with the rating, it will undoubtedly be Josh Emmett. I feel he’s superior. That mentioned, brother, [bring] anybody. It may be a UFC newcomer, somebody who simply fought on the Contender [Series]. Put me to battle on the Contender. I simply need to beat folks up and receives a commission. That’s it.”
